JAKARTA — To expand literacy about waqf, Dompet Dhuafa held an Influencer Gathering event at Hanamasa Lenteng Agung, Jagakarsa District, South Jakarta City, on Thursday (20/10/2022). Titled “Meet & Meat”, this gathering event invited 50 Dompet Dhuafa Super Volunteers from among influencers both on a micro, macro, and mega influencer scale. With the spirit of sharing, they were enthusiastic about coming from various regions in the Jabodetabek area to absorb exciting things related to waqf.
Through this silaturrahmi event, Dompet Dhuafa invites these kindness connectors to broadly socialize literacy about waqf to the Indonesian millennial community. Several speakers were present as the trigger for the discussion at this event, Etika Setiawanti as Director of Resources Mobilization (Remo) Dompet Dhuafa, Ahmad Sonhaji as Director of Da’wah, Culture &Community Services, Sulis Tiqomah as Chairman of Wakaferse Dompet Dhuafa, Anita Setiyowati as Marketing Manager of Hanamasa, and Syifa Nurfadhillah as a young Indonesian Dai’yah.
Opening the welcome session, Etika Setiawanti explained Wakaferse, which has been amplified for 2 (two) months. He said that Wakaferse is the fourth momentum of Dompet Dhuafa out of 5 (five) campaign momentums that exist yearly. The five campaigns are Ramadan, Hewan Qurban, The Month of Orphans, Wakaferse, and Humanesia.
More specifically about Wakaferse, Etika said that this campaign is the second sequel to the Dompet Dhuafa Waqf program after previously 3 (three) years of the WakeUp Waqf campaign. Dompet Dhuafa 3 years ago, echoed wakeup waqf because, at that time, the understanding of waqf was still very lacking in the community. Many people are still not familiar with waqf, even generally, waqf is considered only limited to the assets of mosques, madrasahs, and graves.
“Therefore, Dompet Dhuafa tries to arouse and bring up waqf in the wider community through WakeUp Waqf. Alhamdulillah, we think that now the waqf has been built, Dompet Dhuafa further triggers a new sequel, namely Wakaferse (Waqf Universe/ Universe Berwakaf),” he said.
The presence of this Waqferse is a form of an invitation to waqf and introduces more deeply about waqf, which turns out to have an inclusive meaning. Of course, continued Etika, is only possible to realize by involving various parties and all levels of society. Therefore, Dompet Dhuafa invites these influencer friends to expand literacy about waqf, especially on digital channels that tend to be filled by millennials and generation Z.
We hope that waqf can be broader and more familiar in society with all friends. And more and more people are contributing to nation-building through waqf. The Million Wakif movement can be realized soon and more productive waqf assets are managed,” he added.
In more detail, the programs carried out in Wakaferse 2022 are explained by Sulis Tiqomah as Chairmain of Wakaferse. There are 8 (eight) clusters carried on Wakaferse this time. Healthy For All, Free Ambulance, Pesantren Tahfiz Green Lido (PTGL), Da’wah Vehicle, Well Waqf, DD Farm Livestock Waqf, Green House Agricultural Waqf, and Orchard Waqf.
According to him, waqf does not have to wait to have a lot of assets or have to wait for the collection of large amounts of money. With only Rp100.000,- (one hundred thousand rupiah), one can use already waqf for productive waqf managed by Dompet Dhuafa. Productive waqf is meant waqf management that productively produces many benefits. That is with the 8 (eight) programs mentioned above.
“Waqf doesn’t have to wait to have assets, you don’t have to wait to have a large amount of money. With Rp100,000 (one hundred thousand rupiahs) only, all friends can create waqf to realize the 8 (eight) programs mentioned earlier,” said Sulis.
One of the social media activists who attended this event, the owner of the @ellynurul Instagram account Elly Nurul, stated that he was always willing to echo waqf literacy with Dompet Dhuafa. He also agreed that waqf is an afterlife investment.
As well as closing the series of events with prayers, Ahmad Sonhaji again invited the Super Volunteers of Dompet Dhuafa to use his opportunity to educate many people. Sonhaji, hopefully, this will be a charity that can usher them into heaven someday. (Dompet Dhuafa / Muthohar)